Public Relation for Plumbing Company

Some industry sub-sectors have a difficult time in setting up public relations plans and strategies. Lets look at a plumbing company for instance, it is a company type that everyone thinks nothing of until they need a good plumber and then they are at the top of our list for solving a major if not catastrophic potential problem.

But what kinds of things can a plumbing company do to promote itself and increase its community standing and goodwill? Well why not join in a Neighborhood Mobile Watch Patrol in the town or city. Help take a bite out of crime? Great, but what does this have to do with plumbing you ask? Well consider if you will the following factors;

PLUMBING COMPANIES: Plumbers are highly paid individuals and tend to know all the income property owners of the town. These property owners are the movers and shakers who are also involved in all the philanthropic and political groups in the towns. Plumbers handle many emergencies and are some of the most randomly scheduled professionals. No one can predict when or where they will show up next, including themselves. A criminal planning a break in hates these types of wild cards. Like locksmiths called out to help with lock out problems, they can be anywhere at any time for anybody. A plumbing company with multiple trucks can be a great asset. A small company with one truck can also have just as many contacts around town. Both large and small plumbing companies will be more than happy to help your program.

You see all this makes a plumbing company a valuable asset to the safety of the community and thus helps rank them at the top of our list. Such goodwill and public relations are indeed difficult to come by these days. So, consider all this in 2006.

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Never Rely on Your Plumbing Expectations

We in the 21st Century living in a developed Country are totally, totally spoiled. Just ask anyone who lives in a developing Country.

Better still; try living in one yourself for some time rather than just passing through as a tourist living in 5 star luxuries.

It was 20 years ago that I lived in Malaysia for 3 years. I loved living in Georgetown on Penang Island. The people were beautiful, the scenery breathtaking and the food from the Mukan stall’s delicious and cheap.

Some of the backstreets though where the poorer people lived and survived were not always so delectable or pleasant. The open “Mony drains” were either so deep you would think they were dug out by a miner, or so shallow they were virtually useless. Mony drains were short for monsoon drains due to the tropical downpours that came through every 3 months as the monsoon passed over on its way south then on its way north again.

Now this is where I really appreciated plumbing. We, of course, being among the blessed elite, had ‘normal’ plumbing in our house with running water.

The difference was that this water was released into our outside “mony drain” that ran around our house and into a larger drain which ran into a larger drain etc until it ran out to where ever was the great meeting place for all mony drains.

Every week our wonderful, cheerful gardener came with his tin of ‘goodies’, hard scrubbing brush and scrubbed our drains for us.

There was one outside tap for use in the garden and it was located at the front of our house. On this tap we had a long hose that reached around the back of our house. Yes, you’re right, Nothing unusual about that.

We lived in a cul-de-sac with 3 houses. The last house had a really beautiful garden with a very attractive spirit house out the back. If I had been an ancestor, I would have been honoured to have lived there but I was a neighbour instead.

But as neighbours, we had a problem that went beyond different languages.

Their gardener raked the leaves off their perfect lawn and burned them in front of our house. Often long after our Amah Devi had put the washing on the line to dry.

Because it ‘got smoked,’ she used to bring it in and re-do it, which really wasn’t remotely fair.

We asked nicely, we asked again, and again and again. We spoke with the owner of the house, his wife, the mother-in-law grandmother, the gardener many, many times. We even had a solicitor write a letter to them in Bahasa requesting that they stop causing us this problem.

But they continued to light the fire to burn the leaves directly out the front of our house.

This particular day I came back from walking the kids to the school bus and they were out the front about to light the fire again. I approached them and asked them not to and pointed to the washing hanging on our line. It was the grandmother and the gardener and she was telling the gardener to ignore me and light the fire. He continued to hesitate because he was a kind hearted man and knew he was causing extra work for Devi.

I pointed to the tap in front of our house and went and got the hose. I turned the tap on full-bore, kinked the hose to hold the water back and hauled it through the front gate to where the fire was now burning.

I unkinked the hose expecting to see the usual gush of water sprout forth and it went drip…drip…drip…

I couldn’t help myself. I burst out laughing and laughing and the grandmother joined in. The gardener didn’t quite know what to do but his grin said it all.

The grandmother came over and gave me a kindly pat on the arm, told the gardener to put the fire out and whatever else she said but we never had a fire lit there again.

Now that was probably the only time in my life I have been grateful for bad plumbing. jan@constructingprofits.com http://www.constructingprofits.com Showing contractors how to make more money ~ working fewer hours

Overview of the Training Necessary to Become a Plumber

 

Do you actually know what a plumber does? It’s not just about unclogging toilets or stopping leaks. Think you might have what it takes? It is not an easy job, but if you will put all your dedication to it, you can fulfill the requirements and earn yourself the title.

Plumbers do the job of installing and repairing gas. They also put up water and waste systems for commercial, residential and industrial clients. They install residential plumbing fixtures and appliances to newly built homes also during renovations. You might never know that plumbers are paid at a high income. Although plumbers are well-paid, many people shy away from this job opportunity because or the hard labor or long hours.

If you want to be a plumber, you need to be in a good and healthy condition. There are some steps you need to understand and practice if you want to be a good plumber.

Just because the title of plumber is not as prestigious as that of a doctor or lawyer, doesn’t mean that you don’t need special education. You will need to complete high school, take up a math, science or shop course if you may possible take it. Vocational courses are helpful such as plumbing and blueprint reading.

If you wish to find a job with regards to plumbing, you can ask a guidance counselor about the different plumbing opportunities in your local area. If you want a broader search, you can search the internet so you will gain a lot of information.

There are a lot of plumber’s unions, and if you wish to be a part of them, you need to apply for a four year apprenticeship which involves approximately 2,000 hours of training and a little as 216 hours for classroom work. This is where you can enhance your plumbing experiences and knowledge. You will also be able to apply your knowledge in it.

If you wish to go out alone with your own training, you can enhance your plumbing skills through applications and a little comparative work like fixing your own leaks at home or your friend’s. In this way, you will be able to fine-tune your abilities and prove that what you are doing is correct.

There are many trade schools that offer plumbing courses. The advantage of joining trade schools is that you will often be receiving job-placement services if you have qualified for the completion and requirements of the course.

Now if you are free, you can check out all the small plumbing problems in your area or neighborhood but you have to make sure that you have already the proper knowledge because your performance will reflect on your reputation. So if you are still a beginner, make sure that you will handle the plumbing problems properly. If the people in your area have proved that you are a good plumber, they will recommend you to other people and this will be the start of your career.

Jo Williams has an interest in Home & Garden and Plumber Training, for more FREE information and articles please visit Plumber Training Resources